Tag: football awards

Three-time FIFA World Cup star Vincent Enyeama; Super Eagles’ Captain, John Obi Mikel; and France-based striker, Desire Oparanozie, have been nominated for various honours in the 4th Nigeria Pitch Awards.

The Nigeria Football Federation spokesman, Ademola Olajire, disclosed the nominations in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin.

“In a letter to the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, signed by the Managing Partner, SIAO Partners Ltd, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, the auditing firm said that voting was done by Nigeria sports editors/managers.

“They are from across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory between April 5 and April 23, 2017.

“The votes were collated and verified by our team of Auditors and we pride ourselves as one of the best accounting and audit firms operating in Nigeria.

“We have approached this collation process with extreme care and with the standard professional ethics required to sustain the core values of transparency, credibility and integrity.

The 4th Nigeria Pitch Awards ceremony comes up in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on June 10, hours after the Nigeria versus South Africa 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match the same day.

The nominees are Goalkeeper of the Year: Vincent Enyeama, Carl Ikeme and Ikechukwu Ezenwa

Defender of the Year: Leon Balogun, Kenneth Omeruo and William Ekong.

Midfielder of the Year: John Mikel Obi, Etebo Oghenekaro and Wilfred Ndidi.